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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!fjholden.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrade of FreeBSd install Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 17:09:18 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <333A1D1E.3096@OntheNet.com.au> References: <3337111f.284718303@news.axxis.com> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: blitz@axxis.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37882 Q. Wade Billings wrote: > > I need to know if upgrading to a newer version of FreeBSd is > non-destructive. I am looking at upgrading an install of 2.1.5 to 2.2 > on a UNIX box that is serving as a Web server for my ISP. I "upgraded" a 2.1.0 system to 2.1.7 without problems! The reason I had no problems was because I dumped all filesystems to DAT tape before starting... ;-)) > > I have extensive experience with LINUX and BSD, but as far as FreeBSd > is concerned, I am little leary of it. If I choose to upgrade, I want > to make sure that the user and mail directories as well as all the > configuration files reamin intact. Will the install just overwrite the > binaries, and leave the .conf files alone? A reasonable job of 'merging' your old /etc with the new /etc is done but you will still be left with your old 2.1.5 sysconfig file missing some of the newer 2.2 entries. The 2.2 files are left around so you can see what the changes are and manually merge them! Tony